Gloucester embarrass hapless Exeter

MATCH REPORT: Gloucester scored 13 tries in a stunning 79-17 demolition of Exeter that kept them in the hunt for a place in the English Premiership play-offs on Sunday.

George Skivington’s side are one point behind fourth-placed Bristol with three regular season games remaining following the rout at Kingsholm.

Seven of those scores came during an embarrassing first half for the visitors that saw Gloucester claim a try bonus-point after just 20 minutes.

Jack Clement, Seb Blake, Lewis Ludlow, Gareth Anscombe, Seb Atkinson, Chris Harris and Tomos Williams all breached Exeter’s defence during the opening period.

Santiago Carreras kicked four conversions and Exeter were left with the consolation of a Josh Hodge try that Henry Slade converted.

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England head coach Steve Borthwick looked on as Atkinson, a strong contender for the tour to Argentina, added his second try after the break.

Hooker Jack Singleton claimed a hat-trick in 10 second half minutes and Christian Wade and Jamal Ford-Robinson also crossed, while Carreras finished on six conversions and Anscombe one.

It was the most points Gloucester had scored in their Premiership history

Exeter’s Will Rigg and Will Haydon-Wood scored the game’s final tries, but that was no consolation for the out-classed visitors.

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Scorers

For Gloucester: 
Tries: Clement, Blake, Ludlow, Harris, Atkinson 2, Anscombe, Williams, Ford-Robinson, Wade, Singleton 3
Cons: Carreras 6, Anscombe

For Exeter: 
Tries: Hodge, Rigg, Haydon-Wood
Con: Slade

Yellow card: Will Haydon-Wood (Exeter: 66′)

Teams: 

Gloucester: 15 Santiago Carreras, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Jake Morris, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Lewis Ludlow (captain), 6 Jack Clement, 5 Freddie Thomas, 4 Arthur Clark, 3 Afo Fasogbon, 2 Seb Blake, 1 Val Rapava Ruskon.
Replacements: 16 Jack Singleton, 17 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 18 Kirill Gotovtsev, 19 Cam Jordan, 20 Freddie Clarke, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Charlie Atkinson, 23 Jack Cotgreave.

Exeter: 15 Josh Hodge, 14 Ben Hammersley, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Paul Brown-Bampoe, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Niall Armstrong, 8 Greg Fisilau, 7 Ross Vincent, 6 Ethan Roots, 5 Dafydd Jenkins (captain), 4 Rusi Tuima, 3 Marcus Street, 2 Jack Yeandle, 1 Scott Sio.
Replacements: 16 Max Norey, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 19 Richard Capstick, 20 Jacques Vermeulen, 21 Stu Townsend, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Will Rigg.

Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
Assistant referees: Luke Pearce (England), Calum Howard (England)
TMO: Dean Richards (England)